The 1942 New York Giants season was the franchise's 60th season. The team finished in third place in the National League with an 85–67 record, 20 games behind the St. Louis Cardinals.

Offseason Prior to 1942 season: Al Sima was signed as an amateur free agent by the Giants.Al Sima page at Baseball Reference

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

New York Giants Official Program April 14, 1942

Opening Day lineup Billy Werber 3b Billy Jurges ss Mel Ott rf Johnny Mize 1b Willard Marshall lf Hank Leiber cf Harry Danning c Mickey Witek 2b Carl Hubbell p

Roster 1942 New York Giants Roster Pitchers Catchers

Infielders Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI C 119 408 114 .279 1 34 1B 142 541 165 .305 26 110 2B 148 553 144 .260 5 48 SS 127 464 119 .256 2 30 3B 98 370 76 .205 1 13 OF 152 549 162 .295 30 93 OF 104 331 85 .257 6 58 OF 116 401 103 .257 11 59

Other batters Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI 90 316 77 .244 5 24 101 287 80 .279 11 59 89 190 47 .247 4 32 58 147 32 .218 4 23 39 109 21 .193 0 8 12 32 6 .188 0 1 11 27 5 .185 0 2 6 19 6 .316 0 2 7 14 0 .000 0 0 3 7 3 .429 0 1

Pitching

Starting pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G IP W L ERA SO 29 216.0 12 13 3.04 49 28 185.2 11 10 3.15 53 26 158.0 13 4 2.56 41 24 157.1 11 8 3.95 61 23 143.2 11 5 2.63 61 1 9.0 0 1 6.00 5

Other pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G IP W L ERA SO 31 114.0 7 1 3.16 49 31 104.0 6 3 2.94 40 19 78.0 3 6 5.08 42 19 63.2 3 6 4.81 29 9 36.1 1 2 5.94 27 2 9.0 0 1 2.00 5 4 7.1 0 2 9.82 2

Relief pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G W L SV ERA SO 61 7 4 11 1.84 33

Farm system

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Fort Smith, Bristol

Evangeline League folded, May 30, 1942Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007

Notes

References 1942 New York Giants team page at Baseball Reference 1942 New York Giants team page at Baseball Almanac